Ecphora (Ecphora) Conrad 1843 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1843. Descriptions of a new genus, and of twenty-nine new Miocene, and one Eocene fossil shells of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(30-31):305-311

Parent taxon: Ecphora according to E. J. Petuch 1992

See also Marshall et al. 2025 and Wilson 1987

Sister taxa: Ecphora (Stenomphalus), Ecphora (Trisecphora), Ecphora gardnerae, Ecphora kochi, Ecphora meganae, Ecphora pamlico, Ecphora proquadricostata, Ecphora quadricostata, Ecphora tampaensis, Ecphora tricostata

Subtaxa: Ecphora (Ecphora) chesapeakensis Ecphora (Ecphora) palmlico Ecphora (Ecphora) turneri

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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